While in trouble, Sun Chuanting finally told Emperor Chongzhen seriously: "Your Majesty, if we really go by the treasures given by Emperor Taizu, the battle of Kaifeng is a crucial battle, and it is by no means a matter of Kaifeng city.
! After the bandits capture Kaifeng, they can occupy the Central Plains. They can move south, north, west, and east. They can easily attack and defend. It will be very difficult to pacify the bandits again!"
Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be surprised.
He did not tell Sun Chuanting about the situation in the 16th year of Chongzhen after the Battle of Kaifeng, but Sun Chuanting told him at once, which was completely consistent with what he heard from Liu Weichao.
In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the bandits from Li Zicheng's side would break into Guanzhong and establish the Dashun Kingdom. Then they would fight from Qin to Jin, and then enter the capital to conquer the capital.
In this process, the imperial army was no longer a match for Li Zicheng's bandits!
If Emperor Chongzhen wanted to save Kaifeng before, he was still limited to the Battle of Kaifeng, but when Sun Chuanting said this, his understanding of the Battle of Kaifeng suddenly rose to a new level!
In other words, the battle of Kaifeng must not only be defended and cannot fail, but also preferably be won. Only in this way can the situation in the Central Plains be greatly improved!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen fell silent and hesitated a little.
Seeing him like this, Sun Chuanting thought for a while and then continued: "Your Majesty, if you send other people, even if you know what the bandits are going to do next, they won't be able to help much. Only Weichen will go in person.
Only then can we command all parties, make overall arrangements, and use the information your Majesty has given us to fight this battle successfully!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he felt that it made sense.
Now among all the civil servants in charge of the army in the imperial court, only Sun Chuanting has the best record! Now that he has been reused by himself, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, if he goes to the front line in person, his prestige cannot be replaced by others.
And if Sun Chuanting goes, it means that the court is very concerned about the Battle of Kaifeng, which will give Kaifeng more confidence and make them feel that the court will not give up on them. This will also help encourage morale!
However, Emperor Chongzhen was still a little hesitant. He looked at Sun Chuanting and said: "However, in this battle of Kaifeng, the bandits are powerful and they are bound to win over Kaifeng. It can be said that it would be very dangerous for me to send your ministers to Kaifeng to take charge.
The city was destroyed..."
Hearing this, Sun Chuanting did not hesitate at all, but immediately took over the topic of Emperor Chongzhen, and replied solemnly and earnestly: "If the city is destroyed, then I will sacrifice my life for the country, and repay your Majesty's kindness in knowing you!"
Obviously, he had long realized the danger of the Battle of Kaifeng, but he still insisted on going and was prepared to die in battle!
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen stopped talking and looked at Sun Chuanting, feeling very regretful!
Such a loyal minister was imprisoned for several years. Why was he blind before?
When Sun Chuanting saw that Emperor Chongzhen did not speak, he misunderstood a little, and then said: "As for the reorganization of the Beijing camp, I think we can imitate the reorganization of the Yongwei camp! Your Majesty has the expanded Yongwei camp here, so we can deal with it temporarily.
It’s also correct. Compared to this, the Battle of Kaifeng is ten times more important!”
Hearing that Sun Chuanting was still considering these things for him, Emperor Chongzhen was very moved and said, "Okay, then I'll do what you say!"
After a pause, he added: "I will allocate another hundred elites from the Brave Guard Battalion to serve as your personal guards, equipped with new-style armor."
Sun Chuanting has seen the new armor before. In the past, those who used this kind of equipment were at the general level. A hundred of these personal followers are really a very powerful team.
He was naturally very happy about this.
Later, Emperor Chongzhen discussed with Sun Chuanting how to fight the Battle of Kaifeng.
The monarch and his ministers continued their discussion until evening, when they finally came to an end.
Seeing Sun Chuanting's back disappearing at the entrance of the palace, Emperor Chongzhen sat by himself for a while and then began to contact Liu Weichao.
He picked up the phone, but suddenly found that no matter what, the phone could not be turned on, or it was not lit up. He was immediately frightened.
I looked left, right, up and down, but I couldn't find any damage to this phone!
But why is there no response at all?
If it were the former Emperor Chongzhen, he would definitely be scared to death.
This is his biggest support for reviving the Ming Dynasty. Even if he has no other, he cannot do without this!
Fortunately, he has already scared himself once today. If he is scared too much, he will feel a little numb. In other words, he has gained experience and thinks that something happened that he doesn't know about. Wait and see, maybe it will be better again.
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He also knew that Liu Weichao was going home at this time, or there was no guarantee that Liu Weichao would contact him in the evening.
Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen became a little uneasy and went to work on the Battle of Kaifeng first.
He wanted to send a message to Zhou Yuji to recruit people, and also to send a message to Fang Zhenghua to build a hundred sets of armor as soon as possible.
Regarding the fire gun, Liu Weichao said that what kind of bed would be provided would make it easier to build the fire gun. We would have to wait until we contacted Liu Weichao to find out how to do it.
According to the previous experience of making fire guns, it will definitely not be able to catch up with the Battle of Kaifeng, so we will not consider it for now.
In short, he has a lot of things to do.
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Besides, Liu Weichao finally got on the car back to his hometown.
The people in the car included people from other villages as well as fellow villagers. Listening to them talking in their own dialect, he felt very friendly.
It’s been two years and I’m finally going home!
Thinking this way, Liu Weichao became nervous again.
It’s not that I’m going to see my parents and younger brother, but I’m getting carsick!
It was shaking, shaking, to the top of the mountain, and then to the bottom of the mountain. Even if I took motion sickness medicine, it would be of no use!
Sometimes, he really wonders, did he suffer from motion sickness when he was a child, when cars first appeared in his hometown, he chased cars and smelled the exhaust fumes?
Thinking about the fear of crossing the Xueshui Ridge, Liu Weichao took out his cell phone, wanting to ease his mind. He also checked the information about the Battle of Kaifeng and sent it to Emperor Chongzhen.
Maybe while chatting with Emperor Chongzhen, you might forget about motion sickness!
As a result, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it, only to find that it was out of battery!
Liu Weichao was a little dumbfounded, but there was nothing he could do.
It was fully charged when I went out today, but I used my mobile phone all the way, and the power of my mobile phone was also provided to the shadow mobile phone. It is equivalent to two mobile phones sharing one battery.
When he thought of this, Liu Weichao immediately thought again, maybe Emperor Chongzhen's mobile phone would also run out of battery.
I wonder if he would be frightened again if he found out that his phone was out of battery?
But no matter what, Liu Weichao had no choice but to go home and charge first.
Maybe in the future, if it is inconvenient to go out, it will be better to bring a power bank!
Without his mobile phone, Liu Weichao began to close his eyes and rest, thinking about his own business. He went over it in his mind and tried his best to immerse himself in it. It would be best to forget that he was riding in a car. Maybe he would forget about motion sickness while sitting there!
With such a sense of luck, Liu Weichao was completely immersed in his thoughts on how to start a business.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but he suddenly heard the driver shouting over there: "We've arrived at Xueshui Village, is there anyone who wants to get off?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Weichao was excited, and then he was very happy. He quickly opened his eyes to see, had he really reached Xueshui Village?
If this is really the case, then there is a way to deal with motion sickness on your own!
Sure enough, he saw Xueshui Village ahead, the first village under Xueshui Ridge.
Suddenly, Liu Weichao laughed out loud and said: "Haha, we have already crossed the Xueshui Ridge!"
As soon as he said these words, the few remaining passengers around him couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him.
One of the uncles looked at him and asked with a smile in dialect: "Young man, have you not been back for several years?"
Liu Weichao also used dialect, so the old man knew that he was from his hometown, so he said this.
When Liu Weichao heard this, he nodded and said, "Yes, a little more than two years!"
Hearing what he said, several passengers couldn't help laughing.
The same old man smiled and said to Liu Weichao: "Since last month, the Xueshuiling Tunnel has been opened to traffic. There is no need to go around Xueshuiling anymore!"
"Ah!" Liu Weichao couldn't help being a little dumbfounded when he heard this.
In the past, he had indeed heard that the government wanted to build a tunnel.
However, he didn't take this kind of thing seriously. After all, his hometown was so poor, who would spend the effort to actually open the tunnel!
Unexpectedly, the tunnel really needs to be opened instead of going around to the top of the mountain and then back down again?
If you really want to do this, transportation will be much more convenient!
To be honest, if it were the winding mountain road in the past, not many cars from out of town would dare to drive it.
In addition, it is dangerous to go around mountain roads in snowy or rainy days.
Thinking this, the excited Liu Weichao immediately turned around and looked behind him, but found that he couldn't see anything. It was probably because he turned a corner after exiting the tunnel.
But no matter what, I must have passed Xueshui Ridge, and that is absolutely true.
No need to go around Xueshuiling anymore, which means you won’t vomit when you get home!
Liu Weichao was very excited and couldn't help humming a folk song he made up. He was really happy: "The mountain road here has eighteen bends, and the girls here..."
Looking out the car window, I passed through familiar or unfamiliar villages one after another, and saw the elementary school where I studied before. Everything was so kind!
In the evening, as the sun set, Liu Weichao finally arrived at his village.
As soon as Liu Weichao, who was carrying a big bag and saluting, got out of the car and stepped on the solid ground, he suddenly heard a very familiar voice: "Chao'er, are you back?"
"Brother, give me the bag!"
Hearing the sound and looking around, Liu Weichao was a little dumbfounded because he found that his parents and his younger brother were waiting for him at the entrance of the village.
What is going on? My family shouldn’t know if I come back!